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Business Report writes that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has threatened to lead contractors at ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa) in a sympathy strike should the company not accede to its demands to permanently place contractors.
Members of Numsa, Amsa’s largest union, downed tools last week demanding the permanent placement of the employees of Real Tree and Monyetla Services, who together comprise some 1,000 employees. Numsa’s Sedibeng regional secretary Mokete Makoko said on Friday that the union intended to issue the company with a secondary strike notice and all the company’s 20 contractors would go on strike should the steel maker not accede to the demands. “There are a number of contractors at Amsa, including cleaning and security companies, that will support a secondary strike. We want them (Amsa) to accede to our demands or hold a meeting with us,” Makoko stated. But, the company said Real Tree was not a labour broker but a service provider and that Numsa had not followed the provisions of the recognition agreement before bringing this demand to the company. An Amsa spokesperson also said on Friday that it was granted an interdict last week prohibiting Numsa and its members from blocking entrances to the various operations; preventing employees from entering or leaving company premises; and threatening or intimidating any employees who had chosen to go to work during the strike.
- Read the full original of Dineo Faku’s report on the strike at Business Report
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